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Global climate change and extreme weather events - understanding the contributions to infectious disease emergence : workshop summary / rapporteurs, David A. Relman, [and others] ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weather--Environmental aspects.
- Weather.
- Climatic changes--Health aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Weather--Health aspects.
- Communicable diseases--Environmental aspects.
- Communicable diseases.
- Epidemics--Environmental aspects.
- Epidemics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Long before the germ theory of disease was described, late in the nineteenth century, humans knew that climatic conditions influence the appearance and spread of epidemic diseases. Ancient notions about the effects of weather and climate on disease remained embedded in our collective consciousness through expressions such as "cold" for rhinovirus infections, "malaria: derived from the Latin for bad air; and the common complaint of feeling "under the weather." Today, evidence is mounting that the earth's climate is changing at a faster rate than previously appreciated, leading researchers to view the longstanding relationships between climate and disease with new urgency and from a global perspective. On December 4 and 5, 2007, the Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC to consider the possible infectious disease impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events on human, animal, and plant health, as well as their expected implications for global and national security.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780309177757
- 0309177758
- 9780309124034
- 0309124034
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